The Dream Team
Welcome back to our second article on the Oak Saloon, one of Park City’s most popular saloons…
Way We Were
Beer and Ice Cream?
Beer and ice cream served at a saloon in Park City? Yes, as part of a unique…
A Cornish Miner’s Tragedy
Samuel Simmons was born in Redruth, Cornwall, England in 1869. As you may have read in this…
Cornish Connections in Park City
Cornwall has a very long history of mining. The region is located on the southeastern peninsula of…
A Jolly Jaunt to Brighton
Did you all get to take advantage of our beautiful surroundings this past summer? Hiking, mountain biking,…
More Tales of the Barn
Originally homesteaded by the Harrison McLane family in 1886, the farmland on SR 224 that also hosts…
Tales of the Barn
When Park City Municipal bought the McPolin Osguthorpe farm in 1990, I was newly elected to the…
Total Eclipse of the Sun
Are you doing anything for the eclipse on Monday, August 21, 2017? Many people, Americans and international…
Difficult Decisions at the Height of Disaster
At 11:20pm, July 15, 1902, a powder magazine stored underground at the Daly West mine exploded. At…
Wager for a Long Walk
How far would you hike for $50? In 1913, Annie and Teenie Wilson, Mazie Kerr, and Freida…
Ella Brown, an Accomplished Young Parkite
Ella Naomi Brown was born to Park City police office Sam Brown and his wife Celestia on…
Welcome to the Neighborhood
Welcome back to our series following the history of the Union Pacific Depot, in its own words.…
Home Sweet Home
Readers, welcome back to our series on the history of the Union Pacific depot, now 660 Main…
The Lone Survivor
Being 131 years old I look and feel great, though it's a miracle that I am still…
The Aftermath of the Great Fire of 1898
Flames ravaged the town on June 19, 1898, as seen here from Hillside Avenue and upper Main…
Parkite Served in WWI Bakery Company
As you may have read in this column last time, William Neil and his mother Ellen moved…
The Neils of Norfolk Avenue
920 Norfolk is an example of T/L-cottage style of architecture. The style was popular in the 1890s,…
Deason’s Accident and Home
The house at 835 Norfolk Avenue started life as a standard T/L-cottage, typical of Park City’s mining-era…
The Pyramid on Norfolk Avenue
Park City’s mining-era homes reflect three distinct types of architectural styles: the hall-parlor home; the T-cottage; and…
Women and Alcohol
The Park City Museum’s current traveling exhibit titled “Spirited: Prohibition in America,” explores the history of American…
Poison is Unregulated
We might imagine the “Roaring ‘20s” and Prohibition as a time of excess and excitement. However, the…
I Will Do My Best
Showing much good sense, the 24-year-old Silver King Coalition Mine’s Master Mechanic Frank Stone married Park City’s…
Master Mechanic
An experienced carpenter working at the Silver King mine asked his novice assistant to get him some…
The Perfect Storm, part II
On Sunday, November 15, 1941 airmen of the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron based at Fort Douglas prepared their…
The Makings of a Perfect Storm
Those of us fortunate enough to live full-time in Park City are accustomed to severe and abrupt…
Prohibition and the Central Hotel
268 Main Street is one of Park City’s oldest buildings. Originally constructed in the early 1880s, it…
Drying Up the “Wettest Spot in Utah”
Many argued that the prohibition of intoxicating beverages, implemented throughout Utah in 1917 and nation-wide in 1920,…
“King Booze” Dethroned and Dead
The 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibiting the production, importation, transportation, and sale of alcoholic…
The King Mandates Insurance
On March 23, 2010, President Barack Obama enacted the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act nicknamed Obamacare.…
Cultivation of Mind and Heart
In first couple of decades of Park City’s history, the town’s schooling system was limited. The first…
Park City’s Whistle Woes
In 1902, Park City installed a bell in the tower at City Hall (now the Park City…
Light Up the Night
Throughout the early twentieth century, the Park Record would slip into its pages brief mentions of towns…
A High Society Wedding
Pictured here is Lillian Keith, daughter of the mining millionaire David Keith, on her wedding day in…
But for a Box of Apples…
We know next to nothing about Armendio Novario outside of the few details in the Park Record…
Wooing by Moonlight
With Valentine’s Day coming up soon, we’re reminded that each generation has its own courting traditions. In…
Not “PC” in PC: A Curious Local Geographic Name
The official renaming of Negro Bill Canyon near Moab last year received plenty of publicity. Far less…
Deadly Avalanche at the Quincy Mine
“Terrible disaster has visited our camp leaving death and sorrow in its wake and casting a gloom…that…
Past, Present, and Future
In this final piece of our series covering the history of Deer Valley, we’ll see an overview…
The Illusion and Elusion of Profit
Welcome back to our next article on the history of Deer Valley. Last week we discussed the…
The Hard Luck Mine
Welcome back for another chapter on the history of Deer Valley before its ski resort days. In…